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Pakistan Current Affairs MCQs (2019-20)

Q. Pakistan’s first-ever female architect ________ has been chosen for the Jane Drew Prize
2020
(a) Madiha Tariq Imran
(b) Sarah Bilgrami
(c) Yasmeen Lari
(d) None of these

Q. Major General Babar Iftikhar took over as DG ISPR with effect from:
(a) 1st feb, 2020
(b) 20th Jan, 2020
(c) 28th Jan, 2020
(d) 5th Feb, 2020

Q. The parliament passed the _______ bill, Response and Recovery Act, 2020 which aims to
protect and raise alert when a child goes missing or is abducted.
(a) Bacha Alert
(b) Maray Bachay
(c) Zainab Alert
(d) Masoom Bachay

Q. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the ________ smartphone app
which features information on narcotics control and was aimed at raising awareness among
parents and teachers about the dangers of drug abuse and how to tackle the issue
(a) Naye Zindagi
(b) Zindagi Bachao
(c) Drug control
(d) Zindagi

Q. Pakistan has been selected as the President of Asia Pacific Group of ______:
(a) Money laundering
(b) UNESCO
(c) FATF
(d) None of these

Q. Which country has resumed a military training program with Pakistan?

(a) UK
(b) USA
(c) Russia
(d) None of these

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Q. Which country awarded its highest scientific award 2020 to Dr. Atta ur Rehman?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Malaysia
(d)USA

Q. _______ named captain of the Wisden’s women’s team of the decade:

(a) Javeria Khan
(b) Sana Mir
(c) Bismah Mahroof
(d) None of these

Q. Which Pakistani writer and poet receives prestigious Turkish award 2019?
(a) Anwar Masood
(b) Iftikhar Arif
(c) Amjad Islam Amjad
(d) None of these

Q. Pakistan’s first ever street library opened in:

(a) Islamabad
(b) Lahore
(c) Karachi
(d) Peshawar

Q. Tekken master _______ has been named the ESPN’s best E-sports player of 2019:
(a) Sumail Hassan
(b) Arslan Siddique
(c) Yawar Hassan
(d) WhiteAshX

Q. Which country awarded the highest Civil Award to Prime Minister Imran Khan?
(a) Bahrain
(b) UAE
(c) Qatar
(d) Saudi Arabia

Q. _____ travel magazine lists Pakistan as top tourist destination for 2020
(a) UK
(b) US
(c) France
(d) None of these

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Q. Rohana Gul Kakar becomes the first _______ women to win Integrity Icon Award 2019
instituted by the Accountability Lab in Islamabad
(a) Kp
(b) Punjab
(c) Sindh
(d) Baloch

Q. ________ is the first woman to serve as an Islamabad High Court Judge:

(a) Ayesha Malik
(b) Majida Rizvi
(c) Lubna Saleem
(d) Tahira Safdar

Q. Pakistan to Buy MA700 Turboprop Aircraft from _____ country

(a) China
(b) USA
(c) Japan
(d) Turkey

Q. Which country will invest financial assistance worth $1 billion for the rehabilitation and
upgrading of Pakistan Steel mills project?
(a) USA
(b) UAE
(c) Russia
(d) Saudi Arabia

Q. Which country blacklists Rao Anwar for ‘serious human rights abuse’ through fake
police encounters?
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) UAE
(d) None of these

Q. ________ is celebrated in Pakistan Navy as Hangor Day to commemorate the historic

event of sinking of Indian Navy Frigate Khukri and severely damaging another Indian
Navy Ship Kirpaan by Pakistan Navy Submarine Hangor in 1971 war
(a) 11th December
(b) 19th December
(c) 9th December
(d) 9th November

Q. The number of HIV/AIDS patients in Pakistan currently stands at _______, according

to statistics provided by the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP):
(a) 135,000
(b) 165,000
(c) 120,000

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(d) 115,000

Q. On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption day 2019, PM Imran Khan launched

first anti-graft mobile application called:
(a) Report Corrupt People
(b) Report Bad-Unwani
(c) Report Na-Insafi
(d) Report Corruption

Q. The Federal Government has launched a ______ mobile phone app to swiftly address
the issues faced by Overseas Pakistanis and their families
(a) Call Sarzameen
(b) Call Pakistan
(c) Call Home
(d) Call Watan

Q. Tania Aidrus was a Senior ______ Executive quits job to lead ‘Digital Pakistan’:
(a) Microsoft
(b) Google
(c) Apple Inc.
(d) Intel

Q. Who will lead Prime Minister Imran Khan ‘Digital Pakistan’ initiative?
(a) Tania Aidrus
(b) Engr. Dr. Maria Riaz
(c) Mobina Zafar
(d) None of these

Q. Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurates Digital Pakistan Campaign on:

(a) 15th January, 2020
(b) 15th December, 2019
(c) 5th December, 2019
(d) 5th January , 2020

Q. ______ took oath on 21st December, 2019 as 27th Chief Justice of Pakistan:
(a) Gulzar Ahmed
(b) Syed Mansoor Ali Shah
(c) Asif Saeed Khosa
(d) Anwar Zaheer Jamali

Q. ______ becomes first Pakistani to feature on Asia Pacific’s ‘40 under 40’ list:
(a) Hassan Mujtaba Zaidi
(b) Fahad Qadir
(c) Adnan Shaffi
(d) None of These

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Q. The Global Climate Risk Index has placed Pakistan on the _______ spot on the list of
countries most vulnerable to climate change in its annual report for 2020, which was
released by the think-tank Germanwatch:
(a) eighth
(b) fourth
(c) fifth
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan is the ____ most diabetic country in the world:

(a) 5th
(b) 4th
(c) 7th
(d) None of These

Q. Current DG FIA (Federal Investigation Agency) Pakistan is:

(a) Wajid Zia
(b) Dr Suleman Khan
(c) Faiz Hameed
(d) None of These

Q. FIA (Federal Investigation Agency) was formed in:

(a) 13 January 1973
(b) 23 March 1973
(c) 13 January 1975
(d) None of These

Q. Who was the founder of FIA (Federal Investigation Agency) Pakistan?

(a) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
(b) General Zia ul Haq
(c) Pervez Musharraf
(d) None of These
Q. ______ from Pakistan Army has been selected for SRSG Certificate UN Women of the
year 2019:
(a) Major General Shahida Malik
(b) Major Samia Rehman
(c) Major General Nigar Johar Khan
(d) None of These

Q. Who has been appointed as the Chairman CPEC authority?

(a) Asim Saleem Bajwa
(b) Zubair Hayat
(c) Nadeem Raza
(d) None of These

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Q. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee on 27th
Nov,2019?
(a) Asim Bajwa
(b) Zubair Hayat
(c) Nadeem Raza
(d) None of These

Q. Which country Sikh community awards PM Imran Khan with “Lifetime Achievement”
award?
(a) UK
(b) Canada
(c) Indian
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan will host 3rd D-8 Ministerial Meeting on Tourism Cooperation Meeting in:
(a) 2021
(b) 2022
(c) 2020
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan has become the first country in the world to introduce a new _____ vaccine:
(a) Rabies
(b) typhoid
(c) Yellow fever
(d) None of These

Q. The ______ Foundation was awarded the Isa Award for its service to humanity and will
receive $1 million, along with a gold medal and a certificate of appreciation.
(a) Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital
(b) Chippa
(c) Edhi
(d) None of These

Q. Which Pakistani player have won the title of IBSF World Snooker Championship 2019
in their respective categories of Men, Women and Masters categories?
(a) Muhammad Yousaf
(b) Muhammad Asif
(c) Hamza Akbar
(d) None of These

Q. UNHCR appoints which Pakistani actress as goodwill ambassador for Pakistan?

(a) Mahira Khan
(b) Mehwish Hayat
(c) Humaima Malik
(d) None of These

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Q. _________ becomes the first female Commanding Officer of Frontier Constabulary (FC)
ever since the force came into existence in 1913:
(a) Hina Munawar
(b) Shahida Malik
(c) Suhai Aziz Talpur
(d) None of These

Q. Baba Guru Nanak University is under construction international university that is

located in:
(a) Rajanpur District, Punjab
(b) Narowal District , Punjab
(c) Nankana Sahib, Punjab
(d) None of These

Q. The Kartarpur corridor connects the Sikh temples of ________ (in India’s Gurdaspur)
and _________ (in Kartarpur, Pakistan):
(a) Harmandir Sahib, Gurdwara Darbar Sahib
(b) Dera Baba Nanak Sahib, Gurudwara Sri Panja Sahib
(c) Dera Baba Nanak Sahib, Gurdwara Darbar Sahib
(d) None of These

Q. What is the total length of Kartarpur Corridor?

(a) 4.5-kilometre
(b) 4.7-kilometre
(c) 5.7-kilometre
(d) None of These

Q. In which District of Punjab in Pakistan Kartarpur Corridor is located?

(a) Narowal District
(b) Nankana sahib
(c) Rajanpur
(d) None of These

Q. Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor on:

(a) Nov 15, 2019
(b) Oct 9, 2019
(c) Nov 9, 2019
(d) None of These

Q. Which country will help Pakistan to turn Thar coal into liquid?
(a) China
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) UAE
(d) None of These

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Q. Who is the current World Bank’s Country Director for Pakistan?
(a) Patchamuthu Illangovan (Illango)
(b) Mercy Miyang Tembon
(c) Junaid Kamal Ahmad
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan has jumped up ______ places on the World Bank’s (WB) Ease of Doing
Business Index and secured a place among the top ______ countries with the most
improved business climate:
(a) 10,28
(b) 28,20
(c) 28,10
(d) None of These

Q. Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the ________ Programme to provide easy
loan to the enthusiast young population to help them start their own business
(a) Kamyab Youth
(b) Kamyab Jawan
(c) Kamyab Pakistani
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan will buy ____ MILGEM ships from Turkey:

(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) None of These

Q. Prince William and Kate Middleton visited Pakistan for the first time in _______ years:
(a) 20 years
(b) 13 years
(c) 10 years
(d) None of These

Q. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Pakistan between ______ at the request of
the Foreign and Commonwealth Office:
(a) 12-18th October
(b) 16-18th October
(c) 14-18th October
(d) None of These

Q. _______ has included Pakistan in the list of top 10 friendly countries and looks forward
to assisting Pakistan in development activities:
(a) USA
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) None of These

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Q. Kainat Junaid becomes first female Fighter Pilot from _____:
(a) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(b) Balochistan
(c) Gilgit Baltistan
(d) None of These

Q. ______ has been elected as the member of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) executive
committee:
(a) Sadiq Snjarani
(b) Raza Rabbani
(c) Nayyar Bukhari
(d) None of These

Q. Prime Minister Imran Khan has become the ______ most popular world leader on
Twitter, boasting 10.5 million followers on the micro-blogging platform after UNGA
speech:
(a) 2nd
(b) 6th
(c) 10th
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan’s top wrestler Mohammad Inam Butt won the ______ medal at the inaugural
ANOC World Beach Games in the Qatari capital Doha:
(a) Silver
(b) Bronze
(c) Gold
(d) None of These

Q. ________ has been declared “Man of the Year” from the Muslim world by the Jordan’s
Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre:
(a) Ex COAS General Raheel sharif
(b) Prime Minister Imran Khan
(c) COAS General Bajwa
(d) None of These

Q. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Oct 7,2019 inaugurated the “Ehsaas Langar” Scheme in
coordination with the ______ Trust:
(a) Edhi Foundation
(b) Minhaj Welfare Foundation
(c) Saylani Welfare International Trust
(d) None of These

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Q. Which Pakistani actress appointed as goodwill ambassador for girls’ rights by the
Ministry of Human Rights on International Day of the Girl Child?
(a) Mehwish Hayat
(b) Mahira Khan
(c) Neelum Munir
(d) None of These

Q. Former captain Misbah ul Haq has been appointed as the new head coach of the
Pakistan cricket team in all three formats on a _____ years contract:
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) None of These

Q. Who is the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Youth Affairs:
(a) Sayed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari
(b) Dr. Shamshad Akhtar
(c) Mr. Muhammad Usman Dar
(d) None of These

Q. Who is the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Poverty Alleviation
and Social Protection:
(a) Sayed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari
(b) Dr. Shamshad Akhtar
(c) Dr. Sania Nishtar
(d) None of These

Q. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will provide Pakistan an amount of _______ in
support of the ‘Ehsas Program’ initiative to alleviate poverty in Pakistan:
(a) 250 million dollars
(b) 200 million dollars
(c) 200 billion dollars
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan, Turkey and _______ have announced setting up a joint English language
channel to confront the challenges posed by Islamophobia:
(a) Malaysia
(b) Indonesia
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan listed among ‘Top-20 improvers in Doing Business 2020’ by:

(a) World Bank
(b) Asian Development Bank
(c) IMF
(d) None of These

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Q. Current Ambassador of Pakistan to United Nations in New York:
(a) Maleeha Lodhi
(b) Sohail Mehmood
(c) Munir Akram
(d) None of These

Q. To keep a track of cases of child abuse and abducted children in the country, Prime
Minister Imran Khan instructed to build a mobile app and call it ________:
(a) Pyara Bacha Alert
(b) Pakistan Bacha Alert
(c) Mera Bacha Alert
(d) None of These

Q. Which of the following country will invest $5 billion in an oil refinery project in
Pakistan by the end of the year 2019?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) United Arab Emirates (UAE)
(c) Qatar
(d) None of These

Q. Who is the current Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
(SECP)?
(a) Aamir Khan
(b) Farrukh H Sabzwari
(c) Tahir Mahmood
(d) None of These

Q. The 3 years extension decision of Army chief General Bajwa’s tenure has been taken in
view of the _____________.
(a) successful operations against terrorism
(b) national security environment
(c) regional security environment
(d) None of These

Q. PM Imran Khan extends Army chief General Bajwa’s tenure for ___ more years:
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 5
(d) None of These

Q. Who is the current Director General Rangers Punjab?

(a) Major General Saqib Mehmood Malik
(b) Major General Azhar Naveed Hayat Khan
(c) Major General Omar Ahmed Bukhari
(d) None of These

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Q. Who is the current Director General Rangers Sindh?
(a) Major General Saqib Mehmood Malik
(b) Major General Azhar Naveed Hayat Khan
(c) Major General Omar Ahmed Bukhari
(d) None of These

Q. ______ has become the first Pakistani telecom company to successfully conduct 5G trials
in Pakistan:
(a) Zong
(b) Mobilink
(c) Ptcl
(d) None of These

Q. ______ has becomes the first South Asian country to test 5g services successfully:
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) None of These

Q. PM Imran Khan recently wrote an article in:

(a) Washington Post
(b) New York Times
(c) USA today
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan on Friday 30th August, 2019 observed “______ Hour” from 12:00 PM to 12:30
PM in the wake of India’s unprecedented lock down, human rights’ violations and
atrocities in the disputed Himalayan region:
(a) Kashmir Hour
(b) Pakistan Hour
(c) India Hour
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan has successfully carried out the night training launch of _______, a surface to
surface ballistic missile:
(a) Abdali
(b) Ghaznavi
(c) Ghori
(d) None of These

Q. After how many years United Nations Security Council (UNSC) set to hold meeting on
Kashmir?
(a) 50 Years
(b) 70 Years
(c) 65 Years
(d) None of These

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Q. The first ever provincial assembly elections in FATA was held on:
(a) 25th June, 2019
(b) 1oth July,2019
(c) 20th July, 2019
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi elected as vice president of
the:
(a) Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc)
(b) UN Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW)
(c) Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)
(d) None of These

Q. Prime Minister Imran Khan visits United State of America from:

(a) 17-19 July,2019
(b) 21-23 July,2019
(c) 25-27 July,2019
(d) None of These

Q. US state Dept approves _______ million dollars of technical, logistics support for F-16s
program in July 2019:
(a) $150m
(b) $125m
(c) $120m
(d) None of These

Q. Who was the first Chairman Senate of Pakistan?

(a) Habibullah Khan
(b) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
(c) Mohamad Mian Soomro
(d) None of These

Q. Who is the leader of opposition in the Senate?

(a) Molana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri
(b) Shahbaz Sharif
(c) Raja Zafarul Haq
(d) None of These

Q. Who is the current Deputy Chairman Senate of Pakistan?

(a) Qasim Suri
(b) Saleem Mandviwala
(c) Raja Zafarul Haq
(d) None of These

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Q. Who is the current Chairman Senate of Pakistan?
(a) Mir Hasil Bizenjo
(b) Asad Qaiser
(c) Sadiq Sanjrani
(d) None of These

Q. ________ the world’s largest incubator, announced an increase in its technology

investment from $55 million to $100m to support Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision on
entrepreneurship and innovation in emerging technologies:
(a) IdeaGist
(b) Wayra
(c) Techstars
(d) None of These

Q. Which of the following country to open visa centre in Karachi in September?

(a) Saudia Arabia
(b) UAE
(c) Qatar
(d) None of These

Q. The Lawyer who represent Pakistan in the International Court of Justice (ICJ):
(a) Khawar Qureshi
(b) Babar Awan
(c) Ansar Burney
(d) None of These

Q. Recently the ________ has imposed a penalty of $5.976 billion against Pakistan in the
Reko Diq case:
(a) International Finance Corporation
(b) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(c) International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
(d) None of These

Q. The National Reconciliation Ordnance (NRO) introduced by ________ on October 5,

2007:
(a) Pervez Musharraf
(b) Nawaz Sharif
(c) Asif Ali Zardari
(d) None of These

Q. Who is the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba?

(a) Masood Azhar
(b) Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
(c) Maulana Sufi Muhammad
(d) None of These

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Q. Who was the founder of the banned Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM)?
(a) Masood Azhar
(b) Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
(c) Maulana Sufi Muhammad
(d) None of These

Q. Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurate the ‘Road to Makkah’ project on:
(a) July 9, 2019
(b) July 7, 2019
(c) July 5, 2019
(d) None of These

Q. How many medals won by Team Pakistan in World Memory Sports Council’s UK Open
Championships 2019?
(a) 5 Medals
(b) 7 Medals
(c) 3 Medals
(d) None of These

Q. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan awarded honorary doctorate degree by:

(a) Cambridge University
(b) Harvard University
(c) Oxford University
(d) None of These

Q. The Government of ________ to Launch Helicopter Service to Promote Tourism:

(a) Sindh
(b) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(c) Punjab
(d) None of These

Q. Who is the Emir of the State of Qatar?

(a) Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
(b) Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
(c) Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan will send first astronaut into space in 2022 with help of:
(a) Qatar
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) None of These

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Q. _______ the first Pakistani to climb seven peaks of over 8,000 metres in the world:
(a) Samina Baig
(b) Ali Sadpara
(c) Mirza Ali Baig
(d) None of These

Q. On _______ ,Indian fighter jets bombed inside Pakistani territory, claiming to have hit a
camp belonging to the armed group:
(a) 26th feb,2019
(b) 27th feb,2019
(c) 1st March,2019
(d) None of These

Q. On _______ Pakistan Air Force shot down two Indian aircraft inside Pakistani
airspace:
(a) 1st March, 2019
(b) 29 feb, 2019
(c) 27 feb,2019
(d) None of These

Q. Pakistan Air Force shot down two Indian aircraft named as _______ inside Pakistani
airspace:
(a) Dassault Rafale
(b) Sukhoi Su-30
(c) MiG 21 aircraft
(d) None of These

Q. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan announced that the
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will remember February 27 response to Indian aggression as:
(a) ‘Operation Thunderbolt’
(b) ‘Operation Rolling Thunder’
(c) ‘Operation Swift Retort’
(d) None of These

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